Tag: Novella
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The Garratyverse: A Life Told in Echoes
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Spain (Amazon.es), Books, Comings and Goings (Short Story), Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Garratyverse, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda🧩 The Garratyverse: A Mosaic of Memory and Connection Reunion: A Story “A lyrical tale of regret for chances not taken, told in dreams and memories.” – Denise Longrie The emotional nucleus. Set primarily on one day in June 1983, it captures the ache of unspoken feeling and the quiet fracture of youth. Bookended by…
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Ten Reasons to Visit the Garratyverse
A World of Memory, Music, and Moments That Matter There’s a place between what was and what might have been—a world shaped not by grand gestures, but by silences, missed chances, and the echo of melodies we carry for years. Welcome to the Garratyverse. Spanning the tender novella Reunion: A Story and its deeply introspective…
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story: About the Making of My Novella ‘Reunion’
Afternoon, Thursday, March 13, 2025, Miami, Florida Like most writers, I’m often asked questions like, “Where do you get your ideas from?” and “How did you write this story?” So, to give you some idea of how the first book in the Reunion Duology came to be and what it’s about, here are some questions…
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story: The Journey to Completion
Afternoon, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Miami, Florida “Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Writer’s Log, Stardate 2503.12 It was two years and three days…
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Officially Copyrighted: My Novella’s Journey to the Library of Congress
Mid-Morning, Sunday, February 9, 2025, Miami, Florida Well, folks. It’s official. My novella, Reunion: A Story is copyrighted. I’m excited to share that I received my Certificate of Copyright from the Library of Congress’s Copyright Office yesterday afternoon! It’s hard to believe it’s only been a little over a month since I applied to register…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Revised with Insight: ‘Reunion: Coda’ Blurb Thanks to Beta Reader Denise Longrie
After an insightful consultation with my Beta Reader, Denise Longrie, I have revised and refined this blurb to sound more professional and polished. I hope it now captures the essence of Jim Garraty’s ongoing journey more effectively. Here it is: Reunion: Coda In the sequel to the heartfelt Reunion: A Story, Jim Garraty’s journey continues…
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Big News: My 2018 Novella ‘Reunion: A Story’ Is Officially Copyrighted—Plagiarism Fears, Be Gone!
📚 Big News! My Novella “Reunion: A Story” is Now Copyrighted! 📚 It’s finally happened! 🎉 After much dithering, procrastination, and nail-biting over plagiarism fears, I’m thrilled to announce that my 2018 novella, Reunion: A Story, is officially registered with the Copyright Office! 🚀 Why the delay, you ask? Well, let’s just say navigating the…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Sunday’s Unexpected Creative Marathon: Crafting ‘Reunion: Coda’ and the Journey of a Fretful Novelist
Mid-Morning, Monday, January 13, 2025, Miami, Florida From Rest Day to Writer’s Grind: Perfecting ‘Reunion: Coda’ – Insights, Reviews, and Copyrighting Although yesterday was supposed to be a rest day, I found myself knee-deep in Reunion: Coda. Rather than diving into new writing or revisions, I wisely saved those for the workweek—afternoon shift, here I…
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Navigating the Writing Journey: My Novel ‘Reunion: Coda’
Midday, Wednesday, November 20, 2024, Miami, Florida “The hardest thing about writing is writing.” ― Nora Ephron Writing Journey Well, I’ve been diligently working on Reunion: Coda – my first novel and a continuation of Reunion: A Story, a novella I wrote in 1998 and published 20 years later – for precisely 20 months and…
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Musings for Monday, November 4, 2024, or: A New Workweek Begins for This Novelist!
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Creative Writing, Going Full Circle: Back to South Florida I Go, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftMidday/Early Afternoon, Monday, November 4, 2024, Miami, Florida Greetings and salutations, Constant Readers. It’s Monday again, and this being South Florida, it is a muggy and windy late autumn day. Currently, the temperature is 84°F (29°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 18 MPH (29…
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